People like Charles Keating are the true domestic terrorists...

[Barack_America]

People who would squander the retirements that tens of thousands of people worked a lifetime for and entrusted in their care are real domestic terrorists.

And who has always been their friend, requesting deregulation and under the table favors?

John McCain.

If you want to know who is truly a friend to terrorists, John McCain is your answer.

[iceman66]

1. This is very true.

High profile white-collar criminals end up destroying far more lives than serial killers.

[Barack_America]

2. Absolutely. It's too bad that more people don't recognize this.

Their recklessness is given far too many passes, often due to powerful friends like McCain.

[Heather MC]

5. Obama has to keep this fight about the Economy that's where he wins and let's face it

A black man's "associations" are always scarier than a white man's with some people
those people will not vote for Obama anyway. It will not help him to envoke Keating
Now Biden, and Surrogates can. And if the moment is right during the debates so can Obama
like the way he pointed out to Hillary that it was Bill who pardoned members of the Weather Underground

[Barack_America]

6. Dropping Keating's name is surrogate stuff...

Or perhaps a 527 ad. (that I would actually like to see, particularly if McCain runs an ad about Ayers first)

Obama and Biden need to talk about only about the economy.

[nyhuskyfan]

8. Keating is the economy

American taxpayers had to foot the bill. It goes to show that McCain has always been on the wrong side of these economic crises and that when push comes to shove, he's going to be on the side of the fat cats.

If we weren't currently going through another taxpayer bailout, then Keating would be a tangential issue. But current events have made it relevant.

[Barack_America]

9. I agree. But I still think this is (at least initially) surrogate and 527 territory. nt

[nyhuskyfan]

11. You're probably right

I don't think they should be centering their campaign ads or stump speeches around it. I just don't think Obama or Biden should be afraid to go there if the opportunity arises. It's pertinent. And whatever flimsy connections there are with Ayers and Obama, Obama was eight at the time. McCain was in bed with Keating as he was swindling the American people.

[Heather MC]

10. I agree but, right now both candidates should be trying to get the independant voter

the "swing vote" those type of voters are turned off by constant attacks.
Yes keating is relevant, but if brought up in the wrong way it could appear to be an attack, that would turn off the the swing vote.

Fortunately McLame has been spending all his time energy and money "energising the base"
he doesn't undstand that it's not his base he needs
Obama is in a great position to attrack swing voters IMO so I know he has to attack and counter attack, but he has to do it in a way the ignites undecided voters and not turn them off

the last 30 days is a tango.
When done well it's passionate and sexy
when it's done badly it looks like a nasty fight!

Care to to tango?

[npincus]

3. Like it!!!!... Obama: "Let's talk about a different kind of terrorism...."

but I don't think he'll go there himself.

[Barack_America]

4. I'd love to hear Tim Kaine bring this up.

He's been great so far this election with the clever observations that completely destroy McCain's arguments (i.e. McCain "phoned in" his VP selection).

[nam78_two]

7. Economic terrorism

That is what that is...and yes people like John McCain and his pal Charles Keating engage in it.